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Louis XIV becomes the king of France right after the death of the Chief Minister, Cardinal Mazarin
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Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern, north-eastern and eastern frontiers of France
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On the death of Mazarin in March 1661, Louis assumed personal control of the reins of government and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister: "Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I govern them myself"
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Louis attempts to expand France. Louis tries to expand France's boundaries. He captured Spanish Netherlands and gained 12 towns for his country. Confident with his success, he led his army to invade Dutch Netherlands
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Louis XIV of France began the war on the claim that ownership of the area had devolved on (passed to) his wife, Marie Thérèse, at the death of her father, Philip IV of Spain
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Louis XIV led his army into the Dutch Netherlands, but the Dutch saved their country by opening dikes and flooding the countryside
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Louis XIV cancels the Edict on Nantes, and in response, thousands of Huguenot artisans and business people filed the country
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In, 1700 the king of Spain Charles ll died, and Louis's 16 grandson Philip of Anjou became the king of Spain
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A war from 1701-1714 when England, Austria, the Dutch Republic, Portugal and several German and Italian states joined together to prevent the union of French and Spanish thrones
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On September 1, 1715, four days before his 77th birthday, Louis XIV died of gangrene at Versailles. His reign had lasted 72 years, longer than that of any other known European monarch, and left an indelible mark on the culture, history and destiny of France.
